A few thoughts, having talked to the MTH folks at York:
First of all I think the MTH folks are interested in the S communities input.
Several weeks ago their VP-Sales called me and spent about an hour discuuusing
the S market. At York Doug Peck and I were able to buttonhole him for about
15-20 minutes (and he was very generous giving out catalogs to both of us).
As far as the catlog pictures, not sure if these are pictures of
actualpreproduction samples/artwork. They are definitely NOT pictures of actual
production items. He said actual product won't be availabler until sometime
this summer.As far as the expectation that MTH would improve the SHS line, I am
not sure thatis a fair expectation. Keeping it the same level of quality as Don
& Mike did is good enough for me. We won't know for sure if the loco drives
are better or not until we actually see them. As far as prices, most of the
price increase seemed ok to me: except for the trucks and whhelsets! Also, I
assume the items will be available from some folks at below the listed retail.
I expect to email some comments back, and one will be the issue of the extra
cost for scale wheels - don't see why they would not be willing to offer a sale
version at the same price as a hi rail like American Models does. If they
don't, I know that I would offer scale version at same price as the hi rail,
even if I had to swap out wheel sets myself before shipping out.
He also told us that they are willing to do special run cars (a plus for both
Doug and I)
Can't say I'm really excited about ore cars being a first choice, they were
always a slow mover for me, and the Christmas car looks like it will be a dog,
I'm sure few if any scale guys will be excited about it!
Jeff Wilson
Hoquat Hobbies
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